Grateful for Love| Short Bible Study Devotionals and Encouragement for Christian Women

Matt. 10:26 (TPT) tells us to not be afraid or intimidated by others because God will bring everything out in the open and every secret will be revealed. God forewarned His disciples not to be surprised by opposers and those who would seek to persecute them. We must keep our focus on Jesus and stay true to Him. For He will uncover and correct every wrong done against His own in His time🙏🏼

Luke 9:23,24 let’s us know that in order to be with Jesus, we must deny ourselves and take up our cross daily. Jesus bought our salvation by dying on the cross for our sins. In turn we must die to ourselves each day to be with Him. Since He died for us, let us purpose to “live” for Him🙏🏼

The Holy Spirit is super intelligent! He wants to pray through every believer God’s perfect will for them and other believers. We are so blessed that God has so equipped us to not only defeat the enemy, but to speak with Him directly and perfectly every time🙏🏼

Ephesians 6:16-17, tells us to take up the shield of faith, the helmet of salvation and the Sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God! Who is our faith in? JESUS Who gifted us with salvation???? JESUS Who is the Living Word????? JESUS JESUS is our armor that we daily clothe ourselves with by His Spirit, who empowers us to live right for HIM🙏🏼

Ephesians 6:14-15 tells us we can stand our ground as we put on the belt of truth and the breastplate or the body armor of righteousness. Who is truth??? Jesus. Who is righteous??? Jesus Who or what is the Good News and brings us peace??? Jesus. Put on Jesus and allow Him to be fully Himself in you🙏🏼

Ephesians 6:12-13 tells us that our real fight is with supernatural evil opponents who wish to keep us from God’s appointed destinies! We must be fully prepared and equipped with God’s armor to successfully withstand the enemy’s attempts. He will try to stop us, but He cannot supersede God’s power or might. He knows he cannot win, but he hopes we don’t know that‼️🙏🏼

Ephesians 6:11 admonishes us to put on God’s complete armor, so we may be fully clothed for the devil’s plots and schemes. The enemy will attack, so be ready with what you need to fight to win God’s way🙏🏼

Beginning with this lesson, we will share about putting on God’s full armor. Beginning with Ephesians 6;10, we are instructed to “be strong in the Lord [draw your strength from Him and be empowered through your union with Him] and in the power of His [boundless] might.” Ephesians‬ ‭6‬:‭10‬ ‭AMP‬‬ The empowerment that we’ll need for this life can and will only come because of our relationship with...

If you are a child of God, the Father wants you to pray to Him frequently. He desires to be respected and worshiped for who He is and praised for what He’s done. As we pray, may we be faithfully persistent and know that God will lovingly respond with what’s best for each of us!!🙏🏼

As a believer, we need to know and understand that only the works we wholly commit to God will prosper. When we don’t, what may look like success is only temporary and short-lived. It’s more important to fully entrust to God all our plans and work, in order that the greatest productivity can come from it and affect lives well beyond our own. In my estimation - that’s true success‼️🙏🏼

The prodigal son in Luke chapter 15 is a representation of mankind. We walked away from our loving Heavenly Father, much like this young man walked away from his. God has outstretched arms patiently waiting for our return. This young man finally came to himself, will we? 🙏🏼

From the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew chapter 5, we find numerous examples of God’s kingdom which directly contrasts with the world’s system. In Matt 5:11-12, we even see where believers respond to trials and persecution differently. It’s because of our association with Christ, that we have exceeding joy even through insults and when being falsely accused. Why is this??? B/c we know our reward i...

II Chronicles 7:14 clearly states that if God’s people humble themselves, pray and seek the Father’s face and turn from their wicked ways, He would hear them, forgive their sin and heal their land. May we yield to God’s Spirit, who lives in us and empowers us to live lives that will please Him. It’s incumbent upon God’s people, not those in the world, to make a difference for God’s glory!🙏🏼

In John 17:21, we learn that God and Jesus share a oneness with each other! In this prayer of Jesus, He also wants us to be one with Him and the Father, so the world will be convinced that He was given as a gift to it from God.

Jesus declares in John 15:5 that He is the true vine. God (the gardener) wants us to be attached directly to His son (the true vine). Our nourishment comes only from Him; whereby we may bear much fruit after God prunes us. May our lives reflect our intimacy with Jesus through our faithful and fruitful walk with Him.🙏🏼

Jesus said in John 11:25, “I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.” This verse follows perhaps the greatest miracle Jesus performed - specifically that of raising Lazarus from the dead! Although Jesus purposefully waited two more days after hearing of Lazarus’ sickness, He did so to bring glory and praise to God! This will reveal the gr...

Jesus is our good shepherd and cares for our every need. In John 10:11, we find that as our good shepherd, he willingly gave his life for us. He died that we might live. A hireling does not care for the sheep, and will run for cover when danger threatens. He seeks only to protect himself. Jesus, however, as our good shepherd, knows each of us by name, and desires for us to know and experience Him...

St John 8:12, says Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” When we accept and receive Jesus as our Lord and Savior, He comes in to live His life through us, and His life lights our way and shines through us to bring light to dark places! He is ever present and always shining. May we light th...

Jesus declares in John 6:35 that He is the bread of life. Physical bread can sustain the physical body only temporarily, but receiving Jesus as our “bread of life” remains with us forever! Only JESUS gives eternal life🙏🏼

Jesus had to suffer and die on the cross not only to cleanse us of sin, but to fulfill all the prophecies about Himself! The disciples became absolutely convinced that Jesus was raised from the dead in complete and total victory over sin and the grave. Nothing now could deter them from teaching and preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ - not even threats, accusations or death itself. They knew that...

Jesus was resurrected from the grave to forever break sin’s dominion and death’s grip from off our lives. His victory is our victory. Because of Him we can live in complete assurance that our sins are forgiven and we will one day be raised from the grave just like HIM!🙏🏼JESUS LIVES‼️

Jesus’ death must be viewed personally by each one of us. We often hear how Jesus died for the world or for sinners, and that is true. He did die for us all, but Jesus died in our place - in my place as well as yours. Remember that sin pays a wage, and will always come to collect! It pays in death. We each had a debt to sin because of Adam that we could not pay. Jesus willfully became our substitu...

The account of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane found in Matthew 26:36-50, describes the agony and intense sorrow Jesus felt during prayer. He asked God if it were possible for the cup of suffering and death be taken away? Jesus resigned Himself to the fact that what He was asking three times for was not as important as finishing the work of man’s redemption on the cross at Calvary. We should be...

The firm foundation of our faith is that Jesus is God in the flesh. God’s plan was that in the fullness of time, He would give Himself a body and come into the world to die for all mankind. Jesus came to be our substitute and die for our sins. Without us Not believing in Jesus, we are already condemned because, we stand before God apart from Jesus. Only Jesus can resolve the sin issue and reconcil...

Matt 4:4 clearly shows us how Jesus from the beginning addresses the devil only with the Word of God. No matter the circumstance, God’s Word will always be our best defense in stabilizing any situation we might find ourselves facing. Follow the example of Jesus and stay with the Word of God🙏🏼